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No one really likes change… and retirement is about as much of a change as any of us will ever experience. Trying to figure out how you can afford to retire, what you will do with all the extra time and where you will live… stressful stuff.

Smells Like Retirement is a guide to help you figure out how to create an amazing retirement — a retirement that will put a smile on your face every single day. Practical steps that will lead you to surprising solutions and put you on a path to the best retirement you can possibly imagine. This insightful book will:

Get you thinking about your retirement

Get you thinking about a retirement that is extraordinary, and that becomes the best part of your life

Give you some tools and ways of thinking that aid decision-making about your future, and get you ready to be retired

Give you confidence about your future

Give busy people like you a quick read about making retirement decisions

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Don Hurzeler is an author and professional photographer. He was a corporate warrior, rising to CEO of a billion dollar company and national president of a 25,000 member professional society. He never missed a paycheck during 40 years of corporate life. And today, he doesn’t miss those paychecks at all. Don found something to replace the income: his freedom.

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This hits the nail on the head! Very readable, sometimes funny with great anecdotes and stories to accentuate his points, Don tells one and all that YOUR retirement picture and outcome is basically, your call. Planning, maintaining a focus and vision for what YOU want, not what someone else thought you should or would do is the clear focus. His experience as a world class track athlete and successful executive in a highly competitive business has shown him the ways to succeed, or not succeed. His style of writing puts you in the middle of what he is saying, you get it.Don has remained faithful to his moral compass taught to him as a young boy and man by a loving family. Although he has made a good deal of money in his life and has complete freedom to do what the damn hell he wants, he does not wear his success on his sleeve. This book is organized in such a way to allow you to read through it from the beginning, because it shows how sound planning can be incorporated into your everyday life experience. So, get this book, read it, put it down, come back again and read some more and keep it handy. Personally, I have not done the good job Don has done here with his retirement, but his good and positive attitude and outlook, still there after our high school days on the track team is a reminder that attitude, discipline, a sensed of humor can bring you success, even if your resources are not what you had planned for in retirement. This book should be shared with your children and friends as they look at their financial life. It is that good.

This a great read, we are nearing the transition phase and your book was a great way to make sure we are ready. We were already doing some of your suggestions, and others were light bulb moments for us. The information was fresh and presented in a way that felt more like an experienced friend sharing what worked and didn't for him over a couple of beers. Don shares stories of how he and his wife Linda navigated the transition to retirement from an active work life. I strongly recommend this book to anyone nearing the age of retirement, or in the process of transitioning.

I recently retired, and have read many good books on the subject. I got the book, because I read Don's other two books, and really liked them. This was not a disappointment. He summed up the issues you go through I would say in the first two years of being retired. He also gives some of the best advice ever on relationships. This is an easy to read book, because it has a flow. Even the financial worksheet is very simplified. In your 30's and need to take a quick look at retirement, then you need to read this. In your 60's and facing it head on, you will want to read this. A lot of universal truths. Find your retirement, find your life.

Great book! I am several years from retirement and this was an excellent wake-up call. Don's stories are heartfelt, practical, and eye-opening. It's not your standard dry and boring financial planning advice. This book is refreshingly fun and reads like a novel which isn't always the case for retirement planning. It's also earnest advice with every page and you can feel Don really cares and wants to help guide you to your best outcome. He has taken some of the fear, dread, and confusion out of this necessary process. Thank you very much!

I read this book on the way to Casper, Wyoming, to see our great grand children. My wife was driving so we could share and discuss the highlights. We have been retired for five years so our observations are based on experience.

We did the old "compare and contrast" thing. What we found was the ideas and concepts here were pretty much right on. The contrast showed us we were on the money much of the time. Sometimes we made different decisions; however, those alternatives were listed. We also identified a couple of things to work on. Our conclusion from this was the the book is extremely credible and useful.

Another great thing about the book is that it goes beyond financial planning, although that is covered. Among the other things covered are defining what you want you retirement to be like, what to expect when you retire, relationships, and guidance about benefits and pitfalls of retirement. There is so much more; you will have to read the book to find out.

In summary, the book is written in understandable, concise language that is frequently humorous. In short it is readable. Examples and stories make it interesting. Bottom line, read the book now!

Anyone who is thinking about retirement or has already made the leap and wants to make it better needs to read this book. Don Hurzeler knows how to prepare for a great retirement and truly make it the best time of your life. Filled with practical advice, examples and great stories, this book will get you excited about retiring instead of dreading it. Trust me. Don is having the time of his life doing exactly what he wants and he hopes you can do the same. Doesn't that sound like the kind of retirement you want? If so, get this book for you and your friends. You won't regret it!